Ep 26: Cesar Kuriyama (Founder, 1 Second Every Day)

Cesar Kuriyama is a video maker, director, producer, animator, and founder of 1 Second Every Day - a mobile application that allows users to record one second of video every day and then chronologically mashes them together into a single film. And an app that is well on track to being the No.1 Downloaded Free App in the App Store!

In this STIMY episode, we covered:

• 2:42: His struggles in picking up the English language
• 3:16: Growing up as a science & math nerd 
• 4:50: Wanting to be an architect
• 6:13: Wanting to work on the Stars Wars movies after graduation
• 8:23: Studying at Pratt Institute
• 11:29: Being a Marvel intern
• 17:03: Finally breaking into the NYC advertising scene & getting into Curious Pictures
• 21:43: Shooting 45,000 photos to create the music video for Fat Cat Reprise (Long Gone)
• 23:56: Impact of Stefan Sagmeister’s TED talk, Power of Time Off
• 26:38: Writing a future email to himself on futureme.org 
• 28:36: How he first came across the idea to shoot 1 second of video every day as a form of a private diary
• 34:03: How Cesar ended up giving a TED talk that went viral & changed his life
• 38:11: Filming 1 sec of every difficult day he experienced
• 40:57: How Cesar figured out how to build a mobile app from scratch
• 41:37: Meeting Tim Ferriss & the advice he gave
• 45:29: Running a highly successful Kickstarter campaign
• 48:54: Getting 50,000 on Day 1 of the launch of 1 Second Every Day
• 51:52: What Cesar had planned to do next after the launch of 1 Second Every Day
• 53:54: The tweet Cesar sent that resulted in Marvel Director & Actor, Jon Favreau, featuring 1 Second Every Day in his 2004 movie, Chef
• 1:00:42: The value proposition for 1 Second Every Day
• 1:03:44: Impact of COVID-19
• 1:04:49: The future for 1 Second Every Day
• 1:06:44: What Cesar would do differently
• 1:10:35: The best sources to find information/get help from

Show notes: https://www.sothisismywhy.com/26